·An adverb modifies a
verb, an adjective or another adverb.
Examples:
"That idea issimplyridiculous." (The adverbsimplymodifies the adjective ridiculous)
"She singsnicely."
(The adverbnicelymodifies the verbsing)
"She did itreally well." (the adverbreallymodifies the adverbwell)

Read the passage:

Mrs Smithimmediatelycalled the police when she saw the criminals
assaulting the poor boyaggressively. It was the most horrible scene that she hadeverwitnessed in her life. She hadalwayslivedpeacefullyin that neighborhood. No one hadeverdisturbed her quiet nightsthere.

Basically,
most adverbs tell you how,in what way,when,where, andto what extent something is done. In other words, they describe
themanner,place, ortimeof an action. Here are some examples:

·He speaksquietly. (quietlyis an adverb of manner.)

·I livehere. (here is an adverb of place.)

·We'll leavetomorrow. (tomorrow is an adverb of time.)

·Sheneversleeps late . (neveris an adverb of frequency.)

Adverb rules:

1. Regular adverbs:

Adverbs
in English often end in-ly.

These
adverbs are formed by adding-lyto the end of an adjective:

Adjective + ly

Examples:

Adjective

Adverb

slow

slowly

beautiful

beautifully

careful

carefully

violent

violently

Spelling rules:

·true →truly(the silenteis dropped and addly)

·happy→happily(ybecomesiand addly.)

·possible→possibly (eafter a consonant is dropped andlyis added.)

·full→fully(afterlland addyis added.)

·fanatic→fanatically(after adjectives ending in-icadd-ally- there is an exception: public-publicly)

2. Exceptions:

However,
this is not the only way to form an adverb. Many adverbs do not end in-ly.

This
is a list of adverbs that don't follow the rule:

Adjective

Adverb

fast

fast

hard

hard

late

late

early

early

daily

daily

Some
adjectives change their form when they become adverbs:

adjective

adverb

good

well

3. Things to remember:

Many
words are not adverbs although they end in-ly. Here are examples of adjectives that end in-ly.

Examples:

·a kindly teacher

·a lonely girl

·an elderly person

·a friendly policeman

To
decide whether a word is an adverb ask questions withhow,whereandwhen.

·Howdoes James speak
Spanish? He speaks Spanishfluently.

·Wheredo the kids play soccer?
They play soccerhere.

·Whendid she write the email
to her husband? She wrote the emailimmediately.

Adverbs are words that
are used in sentences to describe or change the meaning of a Verb or Adjective
or even another Adverb. They add description to the sentence to make it more
detailed and interesting. For example:

He walkedslowlyacross the square.

Here, one can
see that the Adverb ‘slowly’ is describing the Verb ‘walk’ by telling that the
person was walking slowly.

Types of Adverbs

Adverbs are
used in sentences to answer many questions about the Verbs/Adjectives/Adverbs
themselves. The different types of Adverbs are as following:

Adverb
of Time

E.g.: The
results wereannouncedyesterday.

Here the
Adverb isyesterdaywhich is answering the question:Whenwere the resultsannounced?‘Announced’ is the verb in this
sentence.

Other
examples of Adverbs of Time are – Once, Never, Tomorrow, Daily etc.

Adverb
of Place

E.g.: They
willmeetyouthere.

The Adverb
here istherethat is specifying a place for
the Verbmeetand the question being answered is:Wherewill theymeetyou?

In spring,
flowersbloomeverywhere.

Here the Verb
isbloomand the Adverb iseverywhere,answering the question:Wheredo the flowersbloomin spring?

Other
examples of Adverbs of Place are - Anywhere, Somewhere, Near, Far etc.

Adverb
of Manner

E.g.: Hequietlyslippedaway.

The Adverb
here isquietlywhich is telling the way or
manner in which the action was carried out and the Verb isslippedwhich is telling:Howdid heslipaway.

Sheworksfast.

The Verb here
isworkand the Adverb isfastand the question being asked
is:Howdoes
she work?

These Adverbs
tell about the manner of the action being done, whether it is done happily or
haltingly etc. Other examples of Adverbs of Manner are - Honestly, Joyfully,
Cunningly etc.

Adverb
of Frequency

He likes towatchTVevery day.

Here, the
Adverb isevery dayand it is telling about the amount of
time spent in doing the Verb, which iswatch.
The question in this sentence is:How
oftendoes he watch TV?

Theymeetevery week.

The Adverb
here isevery weekand it is telling the frequency
and the Verb ismeet. The sentence is telling us:How oftendo they meet?

These Adverbs
are used to show the duration or timing of the action that is happening/had
happened/will happen. They also tell us how often and how long these actions
would be. Other examples of Adverbs of Frequency are - Frequently, Often,
Yearly, Briefly etc.

Adverbs
of Degree

Shealmostfinishedthe work.

The Verb here
isfinishedand the Adverb isalmostwhich is telling us about the
amount of the work finished. The question being asked is:How muchof the work did she finish?

They werecompletelysurprisedby the windfall.

The adverb
here iscompletelywhich is showing the degree to which
‘they’ weresurprisedwhich
is the Verb. The question being asked here is:How muchwere they surprised?

The Adverbs
of Degree are used to show to what extent or how much has an action been done
or will be done. Other examples of these Adverbs are - Fully, Partially,
Altogether etc.

Adverbs
of Confirmation and Negation

They willcertainlylikethis vase.

The Adverb
here iscertainlywhich is reinforcing the Verblikein answer to the question:Willthey like this vase?

Heneverleaveshis house.

The Adverbneveris negating the Verbleave. It is answering the
question in denial:Doeshe ever leave his house?

These Adverbs
either confirm or deny the action of the Verb. They are also used to reinforce
the action that is described by the Verb. Other examples of Adverbs of
Confirmation are - Definitely, Absolutely, Surely etc. Examples for Adverbs of
Denial or Negation are - No, Don’t, Can’t etc.

Adverbs
of Comment

These Adverbs
are used to make a comment on the entire sentence. They give a look at the
speaker’s viewpoint or opinion about the sentence. These Adverbs don’t just
change or describe the Verb; they influence the whole sentence.

They found his secret easily.

+

Unfortunately

Unfortunately, they found his
secret easily.

Here, we see
that adding the Adverbunfortunatelyhas changed the entire tone of the
sentence. Earlier, it was a passive tone, now it has a negative or disappointed
tone.

Other
examples of Adverbs of Comment are -

Luckily, the dog did
not bite the children.

Happily, the power
returned before the big match.

Did hehonestlyexpect me to lie for him?
(Adverb adds comment on the anger of the speaker.)

And they would
win the world cup,obviously. (Can
be said in a sarcastic as well as positive manner)

Adverbs
of Conjunction

These Adverbs
are used to connect ideas or clauses, they are used to show consequence or
effect or the relation between the two clauses. To use these Adverbs to
conjugate two clauses you need to use a semicolon (;) to connect them.

Clause 1: He
was going for an important interview.

Clause 2: He
made sure he reached on time.

He was going
for an important interview; accordingly, he made sure he
reached on time.

Here, we see
how the Adverb ‘accordingly’ is joining the two clauses and
showing the relation between them with the use of a semicolon (;).
Accordingly means- therefore or that is why.

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